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About the author Dr. Nan M. Sussman was born and raised in the United States but became enamored with international travel as a teenager. For Nan, culture and its psychological impact became a lifetime personal and professional interest. She holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, sociology, and communications from the University of Pittsburgh (1973), and a master’s and a doctoral degree in social and cross-cultural psychology from the University of Kansas (1975 and 1977, respectively). She was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship as a Professional Associate with the Culture Learning Institute of the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai’i. She received further education in intercultural training at the Intercultural Communication Institute at Stanford University. She has been honored by the International Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR) for her accomplishments. Early in her career, Nan focused on applied cross-cultural psychology. She became a Senior Program Coordinator at the Washington International Center, where she developed and conducted weekly intercultural workshops for mid-level managers from developing countries. She wrote and produced a training videotape and accompanying manual. Subsequently, she was a Cultural Specialist at the Orientation Resource Center at Georgetown University and Director of International Training for the International Council of Education for Teaching, Washington, DC. In 1982, she became Director of the Center for International Service at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, where she developed programs for overseas study, international students, and intensive English language study, and initiated the internationalization of the undergraduate curriculum. She also created a major in international studies and a concentration in international business within the Department of Business. In 1985, she was awarded the first of two Fulbright research grants. Working from Japan’s Keio University, she studied the returnee experience of Japanese and American executives. During the next 20 years, she continued to investigate the psychological issue of returning home for teachers, business personnel, and students. In recognition of the beginnings of a global trend in return migration, she was awarded a second Fulbright, in 2004, to Hong Kong. Using facilities at both the University of Hong Kong and the City University of Hong Kong, Nan examined the phenomenon of Hong Kongers’ returning home following “hand-over” motivated migration. This book is a result of that research project. Dr. Sussman is currently an associate professor of psychology at the College of Staten Island and a member of the doctoral faculty in industrial and organization psychology, the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She has lectured throughout Asia and presented papers at conferences all over the world. She has published in scholarly journals, books, and popular magazines. Her research is widely cited and serves as the inspiration for many doctoral dissertations. Nan has conducted cultural training for international organizations, governmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, and multinational enterprises. Dr. Sussman lives in New York with her husband, Jerald Rosenbloom. Their two sons are fluent in Mandarin and both are pursuing university studies in Asian studies and international relations. She can be contacted at nan.sussman@csi.cuny.edu. xiv About the author ...

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